1.18.2008

Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey on PBS


"Perhaps after all it is possible to read too many novels."
Henry Tilney in Northanger Abbey
Catherine Morland has an ordinary life and a feverish imagination. When she gets invited to Bath, Catherine is immersed in a world of elaborate balls and handsome men. When one suitor takes her to his family estate, Northanger Abbey, Catherine becomes mired in a world of fact and fantasy. Is there a dark mystery behind the locked doors of Northanger Abbey? Why has her budding romance suddenly been cut short?
Read an excerpt from Northanger Abbey here!
Watch a 5 minute clip of the beginning of Northanger Abbey.